Byramjee Jeejeebhoy

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name = Byramjee Jeejeebhoy


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residence = Bombay (now Mumbai)
nationality = Indian
ethnicity = Parsi
citizenship = Indian
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home_town = Bombay
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Sir Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Esq. was a nineteenth century philanthropist who founded several education institutions in Mumbai. The Byramjee Jeejeebhoy College in Charni Road, South Mumbai, and Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College in Pune are two of the notable colleges founded by him. In October 1830, the British East India Company leased Byramee a grant of seven villages between Jogeshwari and Borivili, that totalled over convert|12000|acre|km2. Also given to Byramjee was Land's End, Bandra, a cape with the Bandra Fort that became known as the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Point. Byramjee built his residence on the hill overlooking the fort.cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/21402168.cms|title=Big landowners benefited from colonial largesse|last=Barucha|first=Nauzer|date=2002-09-07|work=Times of India|publisher=Times Group|accessdate=2008-09-16]

Today, the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Properties Limited is the fifth largest land owner in the city, owning about convert|550|acre|km2 of land mostly in the marshy wetlands of Malad. Over the past forty years, much of the land has been sold, mostly to builders or ceded to the government for housing projects.cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/515679.cms|title=Rs 760 cr Ulcra penalties remaind unpaid|last= Bharucha|first=Nauzer|date=2004-02-24|work=Times of India|publisher=Times Group|accessdate=2008-09-16] A horse racing prize, the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Eclipse Stakes Of India, is named after him. cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/18/stories/2008021854961900.htm|title=Spinoza clinches Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Eclipse Stakes Of India|date=2008-02-18|work=The Hindu|accessdate=2008-09-16]

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